Example sentences of "it [be] [art] [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 The work of a French doctor , Jacques Duval 's Des Hermaphordits , Twelfth Night and As You Like It are the focus for an exploration of the ways a culture 's sexual discourse plays a critical role in the shaping of identity .
2 Would not it be a recipe for disaster in the offshore oil industry , in agriculture and in the hotel and catering industry ?
3 Would not it be a disaster for part-time workers , women workers and , indeed , all workers in Britain ?
4 Would not it be a disaster for business throughout the country suddenly to be confronted by a long list of new regulations and constraints ?
5 Would it be a substitute for inner changes you need to make ?
6 Should it be the demand for money , and if so how should that be measured ?
7 Oh , and finally , might it be an idea for a political writer to do the interview ?
8 In fact there was something almost monastic about it : as if it were a retreat for much needed solitude and quiet study .
9 Ellen Jebeau brought her lips tightly together and drew them inwards between her teeth before she said , with deep bitterness , ‘ I do n't know about it being a time for plain speaking , I can only say that time has shown your ingratitude for what I 've done for you over the years . ’
10 It 's a second for Gary , it 's a fourth for Notts and er the little bit of tension that Notts had created for themselves as they went off the boil and came really into the game with their two goals from first of all and then from from the free kick , but 's goal in the last minute here making it four two and really capping a most entertaining night for Notts .
11 One is to include corporate dummy variable of the intercept and see whether it 's T ratio or significantly different , is , sorry it 's greater than two right or we can use an F test , right , now that F test that 's given me that formula in the middle of the page is a very important test which was developed by a chap called Chow and as a result it become known as the Chow test and it 's a , it 's a test for parameter constancy , er do we have constant parameters in our model now it tells you how to compute this Chow test , in this particular case we 're only dummying the intercept , the Chow test gives exactly the same results of T tests , right , erm we wo n't bother going through it , if you want to go through this er sheet in your own time calculate that , that Chow test and essentially what it involves is splitting with the s the whole sample now into two sub-samples , right , the first sub-sample , right , is peacetime , the second sub-sample wartime , right , and you just compare the residual sum of the squares on the unaccounted for variation , right , between actual and fitted values , just compare the residual sum of squares between these two sub periods , right and if you use the formula that 's given there that will come out with exactly the same result , well in actual fact you can square , if you square the F statistic you get calculating one formula you will get T value , got from er the computer right , the er , the sheet goes on to say how we can er use dummy variables in slightly more complicated ways , right , we could see actually see whether the income or price elasticities of demand changed .
12 What 's also come out very strongly er , in this programme is is that it 's a struggle for a lot of people , both financially , and in terms of juggling time and the multiple demands that particularly women have , in trying to care for young people and old people to the point where women may spend their entire lives between , between twenty and sixty looking after somebody or other .
13 It 's a dream for me to be here making an album with them ’ she added as she arrived in the UK five months after her visit to record ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ .
14 At just £9.95 , it 's a must for people who are furnishing or renovating , or who simply like buying things for their home .
15 With 110 levels of gameplay and a wealth of humorous touches , it 's a must for James Pond lovers .
16 It 's a must for travellers wanting peace of mind .
17 As with everything else , it 's a subject for discussion on the group .
18 It 's a pseudonym for BSM .
19 It 's a ticket for Miami . ’
20 Er , yes , it 's a requirement for the actual length of the contract on us in the first place but the second point is that , in the tender documents , we 've actually asked all the contractors to price all the different permutations , whether it 's seven cuts , eleven cuts , hundred millimetres or a hundred and fifty millimetres .
21 It 's a relief for mum and dad .
22 It 's a misprint for Jill Teck , ’ he admitted .
23 It 's a magnet for tourists and the sheer number of visitors is posing a threat to the area .
24 Because it 's , it 's a service for everyone , as long as everybody gets the same
25 All of which is not just a problem for a properly penitent British Rail : it 's a problem for government too .
26 I think we have to look at the climate we 're in ; we 're , at the moment the AIDS epidemic is facing all of us , it 's a problem for each and any , every one of us .
27 Reproduced here , it 's a taster for an edition campaigning against the Arsenal Bond scheme intended to fund redevelopment of the North Bank , that famous fun factory .
28 Well , no , I think er , it 's a nonsense for the , you to keep pushing this er Ingleston one !
29 And , I think that level of real understanding that you do get from fellow sufferers , and indeed , it 's a su , it 's a support for erm families as well who are able to come along and , and share that kind of support .
30 It 's a request for information .
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